Snapchat is changing its name to Snap, and expanding its horizons beyond its core messaging app. The first step will be ‘Spectacles’. ‘Spectacles’ (Price: $129.99) are sunglasses with a built-in camera, which can record first person footage in ‘circular’ video, ending need to choose between filming in portrait or landscape. Wall Street Journal was the […]

Twitter is one of the most popular social networks around right now, and it could be acquired soon. A report by CNBC indicates that Google and Salesforce are among the top suitors looking to buy Twitter. Other ‘top tech companies’ are also looking into the purchase. Twitter currently has a market cap of $13.3 billion, […]

Battle.net is going away. Today Blizzard announced that it’s moving away from using the Battle.net moniker when referring to its online services. “Battle.net technology will continue to serve as the central nervous system for Blizzard games — nothing is changing in that regard,” the company wrote in a forum post. “We’ll just be referring to […]

Google is ready to jump back into messaging. Allo, the standalone messaging app that Google announced back in May, is now available to the masses — and probably smarter than any messaging app you’ve ever used. That’s because of its built-in Google Assistant, an artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant that can do everything from recommend nearby […]

Activision announced in June that Skylanders Academy, the animated show based on its popular toys-to-life game series, will debut on Netflix this fall. A specific premiere date was shared today. The series is set to go live next month on Oct. 28. A second series is already planned for late 2017. Intended for kids of […]

Reddit user govind1262 sent an email to the Polish developer asking if a patch for the imminent PS4 Pro was in the works, and the response was as follows. “Thank you for your feedback and question. I’m afraid that we have no plans to release the PS4 Pro edition for The Witcher 3:Wild Hunt. Our […]

Some of you might remember Digital Homicide, for suing the videogame personality Jim Sterling. While the case against Sterling is still ongoing, Digital Homicide has now filed a subpoena against 100 Steam users as part of a new lawsuit. This has resulted in Valve removing all of the Digital Homicide games from Steam. James Romine […]

It’s 2K Day, meaning that NBA 2K17 is now available for purchase. The “early tip-off” promotion, as it’s called, lets anyone who preordered, or preorders today, start playing the game now ahead of its release next week. This is for all versions of the game, including the base edition ($60), the Kobe Bryant Legend Edition […]